cludes original plays and compositions by the pupils and annual reports of clubs.

Public School 167

Activities of Public School 167, Brooklyn, typical of those reported for elementary schools, are partially listed. as follows:

Booklets on the journey through Canada, a clay project of a Canadian wheat field and an igloo.

Mexican art work-drawings of costumes, posters for play, large colored

map.

Compositions and drawings inspired by visit to Mexican art exhibit. Auditorium movies of Mexico and South America.

Project map of South America in dicating leading products of each country.

Class spelling book and dictionary of words and terms taken from unit work.

Letters from children of PanAmerican countries.

Booklets on South America, including cover-drawing, bibliography, map, individual reports, miscellaneous information and material such as poems, stories, etc., for each booklet.

Benjamin Franklin High School

The Pan American Club at Benjamin Franklin High School, Manhattan, reports an active year thus:

"All activities have been of a voluntary nature, and within the abilities of the members. Naturally, the role of faculty adviser has required planning and the giving of much time after school hours as well as a personal interest in the group and its objectives.

"One of the club's noteworthy proj

ects this term has been the collection of Spanish phonograph records for wounded Puerto Rican and other Spanish-speaking soldiers now hospitalized in New Orleans, La. Sixteen doubleface records have thus far been forwarded to them. The club has also, in these war days, participated as a unit of the school in the sale of war stamps, in paper salvage and in the clothing drive and has a 100 percent membership in the V. O. of the school.

"As a program for one of the meetings a library tour was arranged by the librarian for the club. Books and magazines on all phases of Pan-American interest were placed on the tables in advance. The librarian escorted the boys around the tables and apprised them of the contents and the values of the books. The boys were surprised to learn

of the amount of Pan-American literature available to them in their own school library, and as a result, some of the members are reading books on Latin America and will give reports to the club at a future meeting. In addition, the art committee of the club, stimulated by the artistic material inspected, has prepared a book exhibit in one of the cases in the main hall of the school and has made original background drawings for the exhibit. The committee also plans to use more of this available material for bulletin board displays.

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"Music of the Latin-American type has always been an attraction. Members have organized a 'conjunto,' and they are practicing so as to be able to play for the club and the school. The instruments employed include piano, the trumpet, and native instruments like the bongos, the conga drum, maracas, claves, and the guiro. At sevphonograph records, and these were eral meetings members have brought played for the club on the school phonograph.

"Programs of the quiz or 'Information Please' type involved questions based on the geography, history and civilization of the Latin-American countries and also on current events. A prize to the winner proved an incentive for competition.

"To have given the club members a feeling of belonging to an organization in which they as individuals can take an active part and at the same time feel themselves responsible to the whole, is a satisfying experiment in attitude development and worth the effort involved."

Student Pan American Leagues

The Pan American League of South Shore High School, Chicago reports that material on the other American Republics is included in the courses in history, English, commercial subjects, science, art, music, Spanish, and mathematics offered in the school.

Francis Curtis, sponsor, says:

"The Pan American League at South Shore has built up a tradition of service which is very commendable, and which the students try to repeat each semester. These service activities are as follows:

"Purchase of books typical of American life to send to schools and libraries in Latin-American countries.

"Purchase of books about Latin America for our own school library. "Detailed study of one Latin-American country each semester.

"Correspondence with students in Latin America.

"Presentation of a program for Pan American Day, April 14.

"Christmas party, complete with gifts and Santa Claus to Mexican children at the South Chicago Community Center.

"Attendance at the movie theater in the Mexican neighborhood at least once a semester to see a Mexican film, visit to a Mexican community to eat a typical Mexican meal, and a visit to a Mexican handicraft shop.

"Participation in the Chicago Council of Student Pan American Leagues, which gives the students an opportunity to exchange ideas with other schools."

Sponsor of the Pan American League and the Spanish Club at Hammond, Ind., High School, Mae Kessling, reports that the two organizations met frequently in joint sessions and cooperated on projects last year. Many students belong to both clubs. The sponsor

reports:

"The Spanish Club put on a fiesta for the Mexican workmen in Cartersburg on Mexican Independence Day and visited hospitals where the workmen were patients in order to supply literature in Spanish, to interpret for them and otherwise to make life more pleasant during convalescence.

"The two clubs have sponsored three visits to a Spanish moving-picture theatre, assisted junior high schools with Pan-American programs, arranged a Mexican dinner, presented plays, made piñatas, published a newspaper in Spanish, subscribed to El Eco and La Luz. and bought books for the school library.

"One of the most enjoyable things of the year was getting acquainted with Latin Americans in our community. They contributed much to our programs and assisted us in learning songs in Spanish and in other ways.

Clubs Carry Out Community
Projects

Faculty adviser of the Pan American Club of the senior high school, Brownsville, Tex., Lillian Schmeling, reports

that the club sponsored a birth registration project in their city on Child Health Day, May 1. The members conducted the publicity campaign, distributed pamphlets, and presented two radio programs, one in English and one in Spanish, in order to give both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking residents information about birth registration.

The Junior Pan American Round Table of the University of Houston, Tex., sponsored by Floy P. Soule, is composed of students at the university

from the other American Republics and from the United States. The group is active in campus and civic affairs.

The Junior Round Table presented a program for the adult Pan American Round Table. Junior members from Cuba, El Salvador, and Mexico made talks about their respective countries and sang several songs in Spanish, accompanied on the accordion by a United States member of the junior group.

During the year members also cooperated with the adult Pan American Round Table and the Pan American

Club of Ripley House to sponsor equip ment and improvement of a park which will serve more than 700 children in the Rusk School area. Fathers of the children contributed their labor to help in installing the equipment and planting trees and shrubs.

The play park is a memorial to two soldiers killed in action in Europe, one of Hispano-American origin and the other an Anglo-American, sons of two members of the Houston Adult Pan American Round Table.

As part of a city-wide plan for recreation for the young people of St. Paul, Minn., the Y. W. C. A. sponsored a Latin-American workshop for 250 girls from 10 to 18 years of age for 6 weeks during the summer. Scholarships were offered to underprivileged girls.

Agnes Marie Brady, director, and a staff planned an all-day schedule of activities which were carried on 5 days a week in the arts and crafts laboratory, the radio workshop, the club kitchen, the gymnasium, and the classrooms.

A news sheet, What the Y. W. C. A. Is Contributing to the Good Neighbor Policy Through Its Girls, was issued weekly. Other activities included learning Spanish and Portuguese, singing songs in these languages, learning

dances and games, cooking and serving Latin-American dishes, writing and presenting radio programs and plays, writing a manual on teen-age conduct at home and abroad, reading about the other American Republics, and finally staging a Feria y Fiesta, an open house to which parents and friends were invited.

Club Publications

The Pan American Club of Senior High School, Reading, Pa., sponsored by Martha Morrette, teacher of Spanish, reports an active year. In addition to presenting the school assembly program for Pan American Day, the club published a newspaper in Spanish, La Estrellita, prepared and sent a scrapbook on life and customs in Pennsylvania to a school in one of the other American republics, arranged two exhibits of realia from the other Americas for the main lobby of the school and two exhibits of books and pictures loaned by the U. S. Office of Education for the library, made several piñatas and a nacimiento at Christmas time, and sponsored the showing of two films on

South America.

The Pan American Club of Ellis College, Newtown Square, Pa., sponsored by Eleanor Lien, participated in the cultural olympics of the University of Pennsylvania.

The club has issued another number of its publication, Unidad y Democracia, prepared exhibits of posters, paintings, and crafts from the other American Republics, prepared and presented a dramatization of the highlights of the Chapultepec Conference and a play before the student body of the college.

Pan American Club Review of St. Xavier's Academy, Providence, R. I., contains information about the projects of several groups of the Pan American Student League in the school. Each group did research on a particular Central or South American country.

The Review, which is issued several times yearly, reports the activities of each group and publishes club songs and news items.

From the Other Americas Argentina.-The Pan American Club of Technical High School, Omaha,

Nebr., has received an Argentine flag from a class in Pilar, Argentina, in exchange for a United States flag which the club sent some months ago to the class. The large blue and white wool banner was presented to the school at an assembly and hangs in the Pan American club room, the sponsor, De lizia Rindone, reports.

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Colombia.-The young women students of the Escuela Normal

Superior of Bogotá, Colombia, have organized the English-Speaking Club Sponsors are teachers of modern la guages. Members are students of mod ern languages and philology who meet to practice English by singing songs reading books in English, presenting plays, and listening to lectures and declamations.

The president, Sr. Pablo Bernal M., reports that members would like to exchange letters in English with students in the United States.

Dominican Republic.-Grup "América," a club organized in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, by Srta. Amalia Aybar, principal of two secondary schools of the city, is similar to the student Pan American clubs in the United States.

The members present programs in th school on inter-American holidays ar seek to organize or get in touch wit. similar groups in the other America Republics.

Pan American clubs which would lik to get in touch with the students in the Dominican Republic may write French, Spanish, or English to Srta) Amalia Aybar, Presidenta del Comi Nacional de los Grupos "América." Avenida Independencia #59, Ciuda Trujillo, República Dominicana.

Paraguay.-The Pan American Clu at the Normal School, Villarrica, Par: guay, whose principal is Srta. Anton: Boggino, prepared a beautiful scrap book of their country for the Par American Club of Central High Schoo Tulsa, Okla. The sponsor in Tulsa Ruth Gifford, writes that the larg loose-leaf book contains hand-painte dedication pages showing the flags and seals of Paraguay and the Unite States and many pages of photograph of Paraguayan people, landscapes, and buildings and a collection of Par guayan stamps. One page has sample

of the hand-made lace of the country, and the club members have done considerable research to find out more about the lace. The scrapbook was exhibited in a display case in the library and was described in Tulsa newspapers. Other Clubs Report

Stephens College.-A varied program of Pan American emphasis was offered for 10 days in the spring at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. The faculty committee represented six departments, reports Dr. Edith J. Kendrick, chairman. Eleven student organizations, including the International Relations Club, music clubs, speech and dramatic clubs, modern language clubs, the interpretative dancing club, and the student association sponsored activities which consisted of an international costume tea dance; moving pictures of the other American Republics; a concert of Latin-American music and folk dances; seven radio programs; and exhibits of books, puppets, art reproductions, textiles, posters, and projects of the students of Spanish.

Guests on the campus included newspaper editors from Guatemala, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama.

Hood College.-Two inter-American institutes and a faculty recital of South American music were sponsored by Hood College, Frederick, Md. The public schools, the Lions' Club, and the federation of rural women's clubs cooperated in arranging the programs.

A pageant, The Freedom of 21 Americas, written and directed by members of the Homemakers' Club, was presented with music furnished by the club members. Elaborate costumes of the other American Republics were made and worn by those who took part in the pageant.

New Bedford.-Fifty students of Portuguese in the high school at New Bedford, Mass., are exchanging letters with students in Brazil.

The Portuguese Educational Society of New Bedford has awarded its first two scholarships to high-school students who intend to make advanced studies of the Portuguese language and of the literature of Brazil and Portugal.

Pan-American Day

Two events characterize the observance of Pan-American Day in the

United States this year. One was official recognition of the occasion for the first time in history by the Congress of the United States.

More than a dozen members of the House of Representatives spoke on the significance and importance of PanAmerican Day which commemorated this year the fifty-fifth anniversary of the forming of the Pan American Union on April 14, 1890. Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois called attention to the brilliant heritages of the 21 American Republics saying:

"All that is necessary to make the most of these heritages for the benefit of generations to come is the firmer realization that all Americans to the South and North should be forever dedicated to the same ideals of independence for na

Alabama Supervisors Conference

The general theme of the recent conference of the Department of Supervisors and Directors of Instruction of the Alabama Education Association held at the University of Alabama was, Utilizing Our Natural and Human Resources. Throughout the program, emphasis was given to the relationship between human and natural resources and the well-being of people. Addresses and discussions dealt with the organization of work and the utilization of materials in the area of natural

resources.

Several counties reported encouraging progress in the field of health. Some appear to be directing their efforts toward improving the standard of living through better housing and more desirable types of recreation. Interwoven. into the theme were problems relative to the improvement of supervision and classroom instruction. Addresses and panel and round-table discussions dealt with various problems of in-service training of teachers.

The conference was attended by 34 supervisors from the counties of the State, members of the State department of education, representatives of two teachers colleges, and members of the staff of the University of Alabama. Superintendents were invited. Out-ofState consultants were Helen K. Mack

tions, and freedom of opportunity for individuals."

The other event affecting the observance was the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which cast a pall of grief over the nation on the eve of many Pan-American club programs.

Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, speaking in the House or Representatives, said:

"the observance of Pan-American Day will bring to the peoples of all the Americas a deep thought of love and tribute for Franklin D. Roosevelt. For 12 years his philosophy of the good neighbor has influenced the lives and often guided the policies of 21 American Republics, and his life work is an imperishable chapter in the history of inter-American relations."

intosh, specialist in elementary education, U. S. Office of Education and Henry Harap, Division of Surveys and Field Studies, George Peabody College.

Practical Nurse Training

What does a practical nurse do, and how can she be trained for her dutiesthese are questions which will be answered in a publication scheduled for early issue by the U. S. Office of Education. Collaborating in this exhaustive study of a practical nurse's duties are representatives of national nurses' associations, The American Hospital Association, The American Red Cross, the United States Public Health Service, and the United States Office of Education. The work of this committee, which has extended over more than a year, includes not only a list of jobs which a practical nurse must be able to do, but a study of the limitations of her duties, and of the science and theory she must master to fill her important place in the community she serves.

State directors of vocational education have expressed keen interest in possibilities of training practical nurses, using Federal, State, and local funds, and enlisting the help of local hospitals which will give necessary practical clinical experience to the practical nurse in training.

The following list was formulated to assist educators, parents, and librarians to become acquainted with the varied types of books for boys and girls that are available today. The books were chosen to stimulate wide reading interests and also to satisfy intelligently children's curiosities.

Though the list is divided into three parts, there are books in each group that may be of interest to children in other grades. Specific grade levels at which each individual book is usually enjoyed most by the juvenile reader are indicated.

If the book is of interest to the beginner in reading, an "I" is added to the note for the book. Similarly "P" indicates of interest to preschool age, "R" for reading aloud, and "T" for story-telling.

Five Hundred Books for Children, Bulletin 1939, No. 11, may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Price 15 cents each.

The supplement follows:

Grades 1-3

Aulaire, Mrs. I. M. d' and Aulaire, E. P. d'. Don't Count Your Chicks; il. by the authors. Doubleday, 1943. 36 unnum. p. $2.50.

Engaging story which follows the Hans Andersen's version of this old saying. The many little details of these gay pictures make them appealing and childlike. Large picture book. P-R.

Grades 1-2.

Averill, Esther. The Adventures of Jack Ninepins; il. by the author. Harper, 1944. 64 p. $1.75.

A delightful tale of a toy ninepin whose adventures carry him across the Atlantic and back via porpoise and steamship. R. Grades 3-4. Bacon, F. A. Kitty Come Down; pictures by Eloise Wilkin. Oxford, 1944. 31 p. $1.

The amusing endeavors of the Morrow children to coax their kitten Lollypop down from a tree where a dog had chased it. Grades 3-4.

Baruch, D. W. Pitter Patter; pictures by Charles G. Shaw. Scott, 1943. 20 unnum, p. boards. $1.

Pictures and rhythmic lines tell of a rainy day in which everything gets wet except a little boy who is protected by his umbrella, galoshes, and raincoat. Picture book format with spiral binding.

P. Grades 1-2.

Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline; story and pictures by Ludwig Bemelmans. Simon, 1939. 48 p. boards. $2.

Madeline becomes the heroine of a French school for girls when she has an appendectomy. Illustrated by gay Parisienne scenes. Picture book format. P-R. Grades 1-3.

Bernhard, J. B. Lullaby; il. by Irena Lorentowicz. Roy, 1944. 23 p. boards. $1.

The legend of the Christ-child and the pussy cat is told in this truly distinctive picture book. Drawings are definitely Polish in design and bright colors. P-R. Grades 2-3.

Bible. Jesus' Story; a Little New Testament; Bible text selected from King James version; il. by Maud and Miska Petersham. Macmillan, 1942. 119 p. $1.50.

The text is arranged to give children a consecutive story of the life of Jesus. Illustrations are colorful and reverential. A Catholic edition selected from the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is available at the same price. P-R. Grades 3-5.

Small Rain; Verses From the Bible; chosen by J. O. Jones; with il. by E. O. Jones. Viking, 1944. 36 unnum. p. boards. $2.

The artist succeeds in radiating the beauty of the Biblical passages through her drawings of children and the out-of-doors. Picture book format. P-R. Grades 1-3.

Bishop, C. H. The Ferryman; il. by Kurt Wiese. Coward, 1941. 62 unnum. p. boards. $1.50.

This tale is concerned with an evil one's attempts to outwit a naive Breton peasant. The illustrations and a surprise ending add to the fun. Picture book format. R-T. Grades 2-4.

Boesel, A. S. Singing With Peter and Patsy ; il. by Pelagie Doane. Oxford, 1944. 48 p. $2. Collection of short songs with simple piano accompaniments and tone drills. Suitable for teaching preschool, nursery, and kindergarten children how to sing. Picture book format. P. Grades 1-3. Bontemps, A. W. Fast Sooner Hound; il. by V. L. Burton. Houghton, 1942. 28 p. $1.75. A long-legged, lop-eared hound dog proves that he would "sooner run than eat" when he outruns the Cannon Ball express. Illustrations that are full of vigor and swift movement. Picture book format. R. Grades 2-4.

Bright, Robert. Georgie; il. by the author. Doubleday, 1944. 40 unnum. p. boards. $1.25.

What happens to Georgie, a ghost, when he is forced to look for a new house to haunt makes a delightful picture book. P-R. Grades 1-3.

Brock, E. L. The Umbrella Man; il. by the author. Knopf, 1945. 43 unnum. p. boards.

$1.25.

The umbrella man mixes up the umbrellas he has to repair and returns them to the wrong owners with humorous results. Picture book format. P-R. Grades 2-3.

Brown, M. W. Baby Animals; il. by Mary Cameron. Random House, 1941. 48 p. boards. 50 cents.

A pleasant story with colorful pictures tell how baby animals spend their days mostly eati playing, and sleeping. Picture book format. PGrades 1-3.

A Child's Good Night Book; w: color lithographs by Jean Charlot. Sear 1943. 24 unnum. p. boards. $1.

"Night is coming. Everything is going to slee The animals, the children, even inanimate objec take on a quality of sleepiness in this bedtir story. The soft colored crayon drawings are essence of drowsiness. P-R. Grades 1-2.

Buck, P. S. The Chinese Children Nex Door; drawings by William Arthur Smit. Day, 1942. 64 p. $1.75.

Delightful humor and good storytelling qual characterize this story of a Chinese mother who ha six girls and longed for a son. Chinese custer learned through the story and the red and bli drawings. Picture book format. P-R-T. Gra 3-4.

Buff, Conrad, and Buff, Mary. Dash a 192 Dart; il. by Conrad Buff. Viking, 73 p. $2.

The first year in the lives of twin fawns is st ply told in words that have a lyrical qual Contains drawings of the animals and the forest. Picture book format. P-R. Grades 2-3.

The little house watches the city grow up arou her gradually. Panoramic pictures add to th picture book. Awarded the Caldecott medal, 194 Two other picture books by this author are Miss Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Houghton, 195 48 p. Hough $1.75. and Katy and the Big Snow.

ton, 1943. 32 p. $2. P-R. Grades 1-3.

Chalmers, Audrey. Hundreds and HUP dreds of Pancakes; il. by the author. Viking 1942. 38 p. boards. $1.

A mirthful tale about the Frizzlewit family wh ingeniously save themselves from a zoo-full of he gry animals. Picture book format. Poppadilly, by the same author. Viking, 194 40 p. boards. $1. Is bok little picture about an elf and Timmie Whisket, a tiny mouse P-R. Grades 2-3.

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Dennis, Wesley. Flip; il. by the author. Viking, 1941. 63 p. $1.50.

In his dreams, Flip, a Kentucky colt, grows a pair of wings and jumps the brook. Thinking that he is still dreaming he jumps the brook again when awake much to his surprise and delight. Picture book format.

Also available from E. M. Hale in Cadmus edition for $1.32.

Further adventures of Flip are told and pictured in Flip and the Cows. Viking, 1942. 61 p. $1.50. P--R. Grades 1-3.

Duplaix, Georges. Animal Stories; il. by

Feodor Rojankovsky. Simon, 1944. 91 p.

boards.

(Giant Golden Books) $1.50.

A collection of original stories, fables, poems, alphabets, and counting rhymes that children will find rewarding and satisfying. Illustrations full of humor and color. Large picture book. P. Grades 1-3.

Ets, M. H. In the Forest; il. by the author. Viking, 1944. 38 unnum. p. boards. $1.

A fantasy about a little boy who went for a walk in the forest. Gay illustrations in black and white. Picture book format. P-R. Grades 1-2.

Field, Rachel. Prayer for a Child, pictures by E. O. Jones. Macmillan, 1944. 26 p. $1.50.

This prayer expresses the loving trust and faith of a small child. The illustrations in soft bright colors are interpretation of the lines of the prayer. Picture book format. Awarded the Caldecott medal, 1945. P-R. Grades 1-3.

Gag, Wanda. Nothing at All; il. by the author. Coward, 1941. 32 p. boards. $1.75. Story of an invisible dog who happily becomes a stunning black and white see-able dog. Pictures in color that have an old world flavor. Picture book format. P-R-T. Grades 1-3.

Garrett, Helen. Angelo the Naughty One; pictures by Leo Politi. Viking, 1944. 40 p. boards. $2.

Picturesque drawings illustrate this story of a little Mexican boy who hated to take a bath. Picture book format. R. Grades 2-3.

Geisel, T. S.

Horton Hatches the Eggs; il. by the author. Random House, 1940. 53 p. $1.75.

Horton, the elephant, proves he is "faithful one hundred percent," when he tends the lazy bird's nest with surprising results. Told in rhyme and pictures that are pure nonsense. Grades 1-3.

Another book by this author is The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Vanguard, 1938. 47 p. boards. $1.50. Also available from E. M. Hale in Cadmus edition for $1.32. P-R. Grades 2-4. 咸 Geismer, B. P. and Suter, A. B. comp. Very

Young Verses; il. by Mildred Bronson. Houghton, 1945. 210 p. $2.

A well-balanced and carefully selected anthology with emphasis on contemporary poetry rather than traditional. Arranged according to subjects that interest children. P-R. Grades 1-3.

Gould, Dorothea. Very First Garden; pictures by Elizabeth Ripley. Oxford, 1943. 48 p. boards. 50 cents.

A small book explaining in simplest way how to plant and take care of a 5-foot square vegetable garden using flowers as a border. Grades 3-5.

Four favorite airs from the opera with illus. trations make this an interesting telling of the folk-tale as well as an introduction to the opera. Picture book format. P-R-T. All ages.

The House in the Wood and Other Old Fairy Tales; with drawings by L. L. Brooke. New ed. Warne, 1944. 142 p. $2.25.

A well-selected group of the brothers Grimm's tales that are enlivened with colored and black and white illustrations done in L. L. Brooke's characteristic humor. This new edition is in smaller format. P-R-T. Grades 3-5.

Hader, Mrs. B. H. and Hader, Elmer. Cocka-Doodle-Doo; the Story of a Little Red Rooster; il. by the authors. Macmillan, 1939. 56 p. $2.

The adventures of a little red chick, who had been hatched with a family of ducklings, in finding his rightful home in the chicken house. Full page pictures, some in color. Picture book format. P-R. Grades 2-3.

Hawkins, Quail. Who Wants an Apple? il. by Lolita and Davis Granahan. Holiday House, 1942. 38 unnum. p. boards. $1.

Moving to the country is a wonderful experience for 5-year-old Apple. Picture storybook for beginners in reading. I. Grades 1-2.

A Puppy for Keeps; il. by Kurt Holiday, 1943. 26 unnum. p.

Wiese. boards. $1.

How David's wish for a puppy of his own comes true. Picture storybook. I. Grades 1-2.

Haywood, Carolyn. "B" is for Betsy; written and illustrated by Carolyn Haywood. Harcourt, 1939. 159 p. $2.

Although Betsy's first day at school was frightening, she soon grows to love going to school and her days are full of excitement and enjoyment. Simple vocabulary and large type.

Betsy continues through the grades to the fourth year in Betsy and Billy. Harcourt, 1941. 156 p. $2; Back to School With Betsy, Harcourt, 1943. 176 p. $2; and Betsy and the Boys, Harcourt, 1945. 175 p. $2. Grades 2-4.

Here's a Penny; il. by the author. Harcourt, 1944. 158 p. $2.

An understanding story of the home and school life of a 6-year-old adopted boy called Penny. I. Grades 3-4.

Huntington, Mrs. H. E. Let's Go to the Seashore; il. with photographs by the author. Doubleday, 1941. 88 p. $2.

Photographs and text give a feeling of the seashore and the small creatures that one finds when one goes there. Picture book format.

A companion volume about insects and garden creatures is Let's Go Outdoors, Doubleday, 1939. 88 p. $2. P. Grades 1-4. Kelsey, Vera. Maria Rosa; Everyday Fun and Carnival Frolic With Children in Brazil;

A story of the Gaspe peninsula in Canada in which a small boy earns a dollar to buy a boat-in-abottle which he has long coveted. Large, lithographs. Picture book format. R. Grades 2-4.

Lattimore, E. F. The Questions of Lifu; a Story of China; il. by the author. Harcourt, 1942. 104 p. $2.

So badly does Lifu, a 6-year-old Chinese boy, want to see his soldier father that he goes to hunt for him. Illustrated in color. I. Grades 3-5.

Lawson, Robert. They Were Strong and Good; il. by the author. Viking, 1940. 68 p. $1.50.

This story from the author's family album makes us conscious of our common American heritage. The drawings have strength and character. Picture book format. Awarded the Caldecott medal, 1941. R. Grades 3-5.

Leaf, Munro. Fair Play; il. by the author. Stokes, 1939. 94 p. $1.50.

In a light manner this book teaches much about good citizenship, government and sportsmanship. Cartoonlike drawings. Picture book forma t. Grades 2-4.

Lenski, Lois. Little Farm; il. by the author. Oxford, 1942. 48 unnum. p. 75 cents.

Farmer Small's daily doings are enlivened with informative and amusing pictures. Another title by the same author is Little Train. Oxford, 1940. 48 unnum. p. 75 cents. P. Grades 1-2.

Lent, H. B. Straight Up; il. by Raymond Lufkin. Macmillan, 1944. 87 p. 72 cents.

A first reader that looks to the future when the helicopter will take the place of the family automobile.

A second reader with equally interesting text about parachutes is Straight Down; il. by Adolph Treidler. Macmillan, 1944. 96 p. 72 cents. I. Grades 1-2.

Little Golden Books; prepared under the supervision of Mary Reed. Simon, 1942-date. 40 p. boards. il. 25 cents each.

A series of more than 25 small, nursery books that are suitable for parent's use with children and easy book shelves. Bedtime Stories; Mother Goose; The Little Red Hen; Nursery Songs; My First Book are a few of the titles.

Most of these volumes are also available from Wilcox & Follett in reinforced binding for 60 cents each. P-R-T. Grades 1-3.

McCloskey, Robert. Lentil; il. by the auViking, 1940. 61 p. $2.

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Amusing story of what happened to Lentil when he learned to play the harmonica. Large drawings that depict the life and citizenry of a small town in Ohio. Picture book format. P-R. Grades 1-3.

Make Way for Ducklings; il. by the author. Viking, 1941. 67 p. $2.

A couple of mallards select an island in the Charles River as the best spot to raise their ducklings. When the ducklings are old enough Mrs. Mallard upsets traffic by leading them through the The full streets of Boston to the Public Garden. page drawings are full of humorous detail. Picture book format. Awarded the Caldecott medal, 1942. P-R. Grades 1-3.